WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

Good Morning!

Sharing some pics of my life experiences recently!


The hubs and I planted some color in our "rental" garden.

We made our first visit to the local "farm" store and thoroughly enjoyed the "cultural" experience. The only place we could purchase and get filled a propane tank for our new grill.

Finally finished my Butterfly Graphgan 2016. Putting it away for now as it is a Hanukkah gift for my 3 Great Nieces who live in Charlotte, NC.

Otherwise, on the fitness front I've been going to the gym regularly (Planet Fitness). I've also been utilizing the 250+ steps/hour on my Fitbit Flex. This and the addition of the 4 - 500 step phone calls from the daughter has had me well over 10,000 steps daily. Just have to re-introduce the strength training component.


Our son got his transfer to the Houston Deloitte office and his official start day is October 17th. Hubs and I are scrambling to help get him and apartment and figure out how he and his goods are going to get from Chicago to here in that time frame. So very excited! Our daughter has had a wonderful long weekend hosting her best (male) friend from Chicago in her new home. Her boyfriend and the friend hit it off so she was happy about that. They explored Richmond and they went to Williamsburg.

I have several social engagements this week. Little anxious about that but will push through and attend in an effort to establish human contact beyond sales clerks and the hubs.

Wishing all the very best. Y'all are my rock and are always in my mind and standing on my shoulder which I so appreciate and love.

Cheri
feeling blessed in hot, humid, sticky (well you get the picture), TX

Cheri- Ooops! Your quilt is an afghan. Still lovely! But I am sure all of the talented quilters, knitters, and crocheters would be after me and notice the "faux pas" immediately. My lack of skill shows in the language I use. I am sure your grand nieces will LOVE it!

Cheri thanks for the share!

Heather Bea

Taking it easy today. Busy weekend and busy week ahead.

Margaret

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Lillian: According to the online frost calendar I found, our first predicted frost is between November 1 & November 16. That is about right. We live 27 feet above sea level in a tidewater area. People in the nearby foothills have an earlier first frost date.

Cheri: It sounds as though your move to Texas is going very well. I am happy for you. :flowerforyou:

Heather: Congrats on writing and working out. You're doing things that matter. You are lucky to have your grandchildren close enough to visit easily. I am envious. Ours are a plane trip or several days by car away.


DH has a complicated health situation. He's had diabetes since his late teens, and also has arthritis and MS. He took himself off of one of his MS medications, baclofen. It is amazing how much better he is doing. He feels better in general and the foot drop that is common to many people with MS is better than it was. I am thrilled with this and will likely mention it again and again if things keep going as well as they are right now.

I am going to the gym today for yoga. I like to get there early enough to do some work on the recumbent bike, weight machines and kettle bells. I don't always get all of those things done. Fifteen minutes difference in arrival time makes a huge difference in what I get done.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon


“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

Happy Labor day!! Going to be a hot one today so glad I am working and inside.
Heather--Thanks for my Bea fix. She is a cutie. How can someone not smile when they see that face?
Cheri--Great news on DS. Sounds like you are getting right into meeting people and doing things. You go Girl!!
Katla--Glad to hear DH is doing better.
Ladies I need to confess, my eating is out of control. I have gained back almost 40 pounds. I have to get this under control. The doctor upped my meds for depression and I am hoping they kick in fast.Today is a new day and start and I am logging everything I eat. Where's that boot kick when I need it.
Blessings, Vicki GRAND ISLAND, NE

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:flowerforyou:

Lisa in West Texas – It is always good to feel like you can ‘think’ in longer terms than never knowing from day-to-day or month-to-month where and what you’ll do or be. v


cdicostanzo – Great weight loss! Proud of you! Let us know what you prefer to be called and tell us a little about yourself; i.e. family, hobbies, anything. You’ll find that we are a real ‘chatty’ group. Try not to let more than a day go by without checking in … or else you’ll find you will have over 100 posts to try to catch up to the end. Barbiecat posts a 'link' on the last day of the month to send us to the next month. Make sure you 'bookmark' the new month by clicking on the outline of a star up in the upper right-hand corner; then when you need or want to come back all you'll have to do is click on the gray star between the bell and gear. If I have more than 100; I usually start in at my last post (when possible); or just with the current page and not worry about the previous ones. It will take you back to your last post. One thing you cannot do once you have started posting in that yellow box, is go back a page; you will lose your post unless you post it (save it). Always make sure that the yellow block is really at the very end of the posts. Otherwise, your post might not get seen. Several people at a time will be posting - we are 'world-wide'. It can be ‘edited’ for one hour. A gear will show up and you can click on that and it will drop down with the time you are allotted to edit it. Some of us open up a word processing program and go back-and-forth (or we put it minimized side-by-side. I find that a lot easier. Exercise is key to losing weight and ‘tracking all that crosses your lips’ (even those nibbles we take when tasting whether or not something we’re cooking has enough spices in it.

“Hello Kitty” is a term that some of us use, instead of certain words that MFP finds ‘offensive’; like TV, some words that you'd think would be 'ok' aren't while others are 'ok'. Go figure! LOL! On this site, we really try not to discuss 'politics' or 'religion' because of everybody having differing opinions and some who live across the pond as they might say ... are not necessarily interested in our local, state, or federal politics and vice versa.


KJLaMore – Does this mean we can call you “Kelly?” That was a good game between Texas and Notre Dame. When I last remember it … it was a 2 point spread; fell asleep for the double overtime. I don’t have a FB account (too much ‘family’ drama); so the link did not work for me. But, being the only navy and gold in a sea of orange (?) … probably was a trip. DYS’s bosses all graduated from LSU … so that was a difficult game for them. One had flown up to see the game. Once, a couple of years ago, DYS was given the tickets to the LSU/GA game; and, GA won … he wore something that would not stand out for one team or the other. But, he’d laugh and quietly – I don’t care about which teams are playing, just watch it with DH and root for the team he is pulling for. I think last night (or whenever they played) he was rooting for the Irish!


Cherie – Beautiful pictures … especially the ‘butterfly’ afghan. So are the 3 girls supposed to ‘share it’? I think all of us call things by different names, depending on where we live. I know my DDnL#2 says things and I ask her ‘what’ does that mean.


Vicki – I agree with Heather … “You can’t help others if you don’t help yourself FIRST.” And, to do that … we need to be ‘healthy and happy’ (not necessarily in that order).

Happy Labor Day for all you that celebrate it on this day (1st Monday of the month of September).,

Lenora

got a mouse for my laptop.. so far so good

Well, tomorrow I am donating blood at our local Elk's Club. I plan on fixing a huge spinach salad with tomatoes, Quinoa, walnuts, cranberries, and anything else i can put on it. Oh and some great buttermilk Ranch dressing. I always show really good numbers when I eat spinach the day of. Crazy to think of eating like that. "oh I need to eat this or that so my blood is healthy". I get some great homemade cookies made by some of the Elk women, and I think this time I shall be getting some kind of present, like a gift card or something!
I bought a great glass 16 oz. bottle of "sparkling cucumber and citrus water. Really bought it for the container.... It is really streamlined and looks like a bottle The Jetsons used! I fill it with water, and in a couple of hrs it gets really cold so I can add my packet of Crystal Light Lemonade. Sort of looks like I just have a urine sample in my hands, but not really. More like a drinker mixer of some kind. hahahaha!
Be well, and enjoy moments when they present themselves! For me its when my son comes out to visit with us in the living room. It's like, "He's HERE!!" He is such a happy hermit. But at least he doesn't mindlessly play on the computer. He is doing 3-D computer drawing (CAD), looking up numbers, angles, and he eats up statistical numbers like candy. So, its not just porn. I asked him. He is 17 so, out of curiosity I asked him out of a week, how many times does he look at porn. He said 3-6 times. Then I asked him how long until does he engage in this. He answered about 10-20 min. 20 minutes??? I said, "wow that is a long time son..." He then replied, "well until I am done". For a moment I felt the need to flee from the conversation, but I stood my ground. I calmly said, " Well son, don't do it in front of the computer, just in your own bed, preferably with a towel". He replied, "oh ok Mom". I am proud that we can have these conversations without the need to erupt in endless laughter, or yelling. I know you are all thinking, "Wow Becca, open conversations with your teen is one thing, that was really getting up into his personal space". Well, I figure its just laying the groundwork for open conversations with his girlfriend, wife, whatever to talk openly about sex. Enough said.. :-)
Becca
keepin it real in Oregon

I am back and caught up, but so tired,I am waiting for stuff in the dryer, will take a shower and pass out..
Nice time up North, But as Hosts for a large family gathering, it is exsausting to say the least, Dad and I got up there around 8 on Saterday leaving a little after 5 Saterday morning...Then I hit the ground running.. as everyone that was coming would be there Sunday, My Uncle ,his Lady Friend and his grandaughter came up Saterday afternoon... I could, Jean cooked and Sean ran around like a chicken with his head cut off..
The highlight of the weekend for me was when I woke up Sunday before Sunrise and went to the beach and got some stunning pictures..
My daughter and granddaughter came up yesterday morning and stayed overnight, so they were there for the festivities, but I was about ready to pack up and go home yesterday afternoon as Tracy's boyfriend(the punk) she was on the phone with him for about an hour.. and she is walking around outside... well we have screened in sleeping porches so I am up changing and all I can here is her bit#hing about me, and how lousy etc... well as soon as Taliah gets in the house, she said to me I am in time out.. and kept repeating it, so daddy must have bum rushed me there, and then she put TAL on the phone with him while she was talking to him and when she got off she came in and said that I should be ashamed of myself..this is her father feeding her mind with nasty lies, and so I started packing up to go home... yesterday was my brothers birthday and I went up and talked to my dad and tracy came up and we talked a bit, told her how I want her to enjoy her life and not to be tied to a man that freakin whistles for her or Tal like a dog...
then heard from my friend, that my friend that was in the motorcycle accident on friday,, the wife and kids had to decide to turn the machines off, so he has passed away..
Tracy also brought her dog that barked from the time they got there to the time they left, and I got not alot of sleep...
will fill you in with the rest tomorrow

Hi all, just trying to catch up on posts. We had much out of town family here over the weekend. Love having them but it is exhausting and am now enjoying the quiet. I did not do well with my food choices as we were seeing some historical sites and had fast food. Also had a cookout and had Somemores, made oatmeal cookies. So I had way too many calories and sugar. Oh well, will start again today. Will pick up wedding dress in one week and hope to fit into it!

On the other hand, I feel good that I at least recorded all the food.

Somebody said they have trouble getting enough protein in a day - me too! And I do NOT like protein powder, never have found any that taste good.

I'm enjoying your posts! Hugs to everyone.

Jessica in Illinois

Allie ~ Just shaking my head! It seems like wherever you go there is drama. I am so sorry and am saying a prayer for you and your family. I am not judging at all because my family has had enough drama to last us a lifetime. Maybe you should try distancing yourself from Tracie for a while.

Very quiet here today. My son had to work so we made no plans with his family. Sad that their community pool will be closing after Labor Day because it is something they all enjoy. I was shocked when I tried to go to Costco and it was closed.

Carol